March 8, 2017.
When using the Lasso tool and you’re nearing the edge of the canvas and you need to scroll over to continue drawing your selection, press-and-hold the Spacebar without letting go of mouse button. This will temporarily activate the Hand tool so you can scroll. Let go of the Spacebar to continue drawing your selection.
February 15, 2017.
Press Ctrl Alt 2 (Mac: Command Option 2) on the keyboard to load the luminosity of an image as a selection.
February 13, 2017.
When applying filters to high-resolution images, Photoshop may slow down and take some time to complete the filter, especially if you’re using a memory-intensive filter. If you’re testing filters, this could become a problem since you’ll have to wait every time you make an adjustment. To speed up your computer’s performance, you can create a… [Continue Reading about Working With Filters And Large Images]
February 12, 2017.
When you duplicate a Smart Object (using Ctrl J – Mac: Command J), any changes you make to the Smart Object will affect both copies. To avoid this, Right-click (Mac: Control-click) on the smart object and choose “New Smart Object Via Copy.” Doing so will allow you to edit each of the Smart Objects independently. This… [Continue Reading about Duplicating Smart Objects]
February 11, 2017.
When working in the Gradient Editor you can hold Alt (Mac: Option) and click-and-drag on any Color Stop to duplicate it.
February 10, 2017.
When you’re using the Burn tool you can hold the Alt (Mac: Command) key to temporarily switch over to the Dodge tool. Once you release the Alt (Mac: Command) key the tool will switch back. This will also work the other way around if you have the Dodge tool selected.
February 8, 2017.
After you duplicate a layer, the word “copy” is appended to the end of the layer name. If you don’t want Photoshop to do this, go to the Layer’s panel flyout menu, and choose “Panel Options…” , Then uncheck “Add ‘copy’ to Copied Layers and Groups“.
February 7, 2017.
To activate the mask on the currently selected layer press Ctrl \ (Mac: Command \). This is the same as clicking on the layer mask thumbnail. To activate the layer press Ctrl 2 (Mac: Command 2). This is the same as clicking on the layer thumbnail.
February 6, 2017.
To select any color from outside of Photoshop first select the Eyedropper tool (I on the keyboard). Then left-click-and-hold inside of your image in Photoshop, and drag the cursor outside of Photoshop to any other window or application. Sample the color that you like, then release your mouse button, and the sampled color will appear… [Continue Reading about Select Any Color From Outside of Photoshop]
February 3, 2017.
One quick way to color match an image is to use the Match Color command. You will need two images (or layers), one will be the source image, and the other will be the target image. First make sure you open both images in Photoshop, then activate the target image (the one you want to change),… [Continue Reading about Match Color of an Image]
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